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Chapter 15 Problem 49P

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Problem 49P

A piece of lead has the shape of a hockey puck, with a diameter of 7.5 cm and a height of 2.5 cm. If the puck is placed in a mercury bath, it floats. How deep below the surface of the mercury is the bottom of the lead puck?

Solution

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In the given problem, where the piece of lead with diameter  and height is placed inside a mercury bath and it floats. Here we need to calculate how deep the lead is immersed inside the mercury.

Density of lead is taken to be  and density of mercury .

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

A piece of lead has the shape of a hockey puck, with a

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